Winemaker Notes
Dark and bright cherry color. Intense and complex nose, with aromas of red and black berries, spices and hints of vanilla. Full-bodied, fleshy and balanced. Spices, toasted flavors and a long lasting finish.
Professional Ratings
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Tasting Panel
Steeped in the essence of strawberry, Earl Grey tea, and red rose, this decadent Tempranillo beckons for repeat tastes. Age has done its body good, heightening notes of sandalwood, dry-aged meat, and pepper.
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Wine Enthusiast
This dark garnet-colored wine has a nose of cherry, butterscotch and black olives. It offers black cherry, Mission fig, orange zest, truffle paste, mint and mocha flavors supported by a layer of hearty tannins. The finish is marked with a splash of pomegranate.
Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.
Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.